The Most Influential People
Each year as part of our Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting list, we ask candidates for the list to name who they think are the most influential people in the field — and here they are, ranked by the number of votes they received from the 113 candidates.
Image:<B>No. 10</B>
Chairman, International Accounting Standards Board
<B>No. 9</B>
Barack Obama or Mitt Romney
<B>No. 8</B>
CEO, Boomer Consulting
<B>No. 7</B>
Chair, Financial Accounting Standards Board
<B>No. 6</B>
Founder, VeraSage Institute
<B>No. 5</B>
Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service
<B>No. 4</B>
CEO and executive director, Maryland Association of CPAs
<B>No. 3</B>
Chairman, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
<B>No. 2</B>
Chair, Securities and Exchange Commission
<B>No. 1</B>
President and CEO, American Institute of CPAs